[CS-FSLUG] Intermittent WiFi Connection?

['Mash]

Don,

I would rule out weather for one, unless anyone else has ever had
their PC lock up because of that :) Only thing I can think of is
relating to the hardware itself. Run dmesg | less and check to see if
the card is being identified properly. Maybe its an issue with the new
kernel.
It is concerning that you actually have to power down to recover. What
happens if you attempt a wlan up/down without receiving the signal.
Does it lock up then or is it only when it actually obtains an IP ?

'Mash

On 5/9/06, Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Linksys Wifi (Broadcom 38xx) card in my laptop (running
> Ubuntu 5.10), and recently began experiencing intermittent
> connections.  Once it goes out, I can run "sudo wlan down/up", and it
> generally locks up on me after obtaining the IP address.  When I say
> "locks up", I do mean that only a hard power-down will allow me to
> recover.
>
> The only two things I can think of that may be involved are:
> (a) recent updates - one of which was a kernel update
> (b) foul weather - not sure how that would impact me, especially since
> I am inside, but it's the only other thing I can think of that's
> different.
>
> My question is, has anyone else run into intermittent wifi issues,
> where one minute it works, and the next it doesn't?  I think I have an
> idea of what to do here, I'm just curious to know if anyone else has
> experienced this.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
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